From: Karsten Graul <kgraul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 41a0be3f8f6be893860b991eb10c47fc3ee09d7f ] Sparse complaints 3 times about: net/smc/smc_ib.c:203:52: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) net/smc/smc_ib.c:203:52: expected struct net_device const *dev net/smc/smc_ib.c:203:52: got struct net_device [noderef] __rcu *const ndev Fix that by using the existing and validated ndev variable instead of accessing attr->ndev directly. Fixes: 5102eca9039b ("net/smc: Use rdma_read_gid_l2_fields to L2 fields") Signed-off-by: Karsten Graul <kgraul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/smc/smc_ib.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c +++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c @@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ int smc_ib_determine_gid(struct smc_ib_d rcu_read_lock(); ndev = rdma_read_gid_attr_ndev_rcu(attr); if (!IS_ERR(ndev) && - ((!vlan_id && !is_vlan_dev(attr->ndev)) || - (vlan_id && is_vlan_dev(attr->ndev) && - vlan_dev_vlan_id(attr->ndev) == vlan_id)) && + ((!vlan_id && !is_vlan_dev(ndev)) || + (vlan_id && is_vlan_dev(ndev) && + vlan_dev_vlan_id(ndev) == vlan_id)) && attr->gid_type == IB_GID_TYPE_ROCE) { rcu_read_unlock(); if (gid)